End of the line

Published 8:55 pm, Friday, January 4, 2013

Eugene Whitman, foreman for N. H. Kelman Scrap Recycling Inc. uses a Labounty Shear to cut former turbo liner cars in to thirds for shipping Jan. 4, 2012, from the Scotia Industrial Park in Scotia, N.Y. An estimated 200 tons of scrap metal will be removed and transported by flatbed to the Kelman yard in Cohoes. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Eugene Whitman, foreman for N. H. Kelman Scrap Recycling Inc. uses...

A former turbo liner car which was cut in to thirds is put on flat bed for shipping Jan. 4, 2012, from the Scotia Industrial Park in Scotia, N.Y. An estimated 200 tons of scrap metal will be removed and transported to the Kelman yard in Cohoes. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

A former turbo liner car which was cut in to thirds is put on flat...

A third of a former turbo line sits ready for shipping to the N. H. Kelman Scrap Jan. 4, 2012, from the Scotia Industrial Park in Scotia, N.Y. An estimated 200 tons of scrap metal will be removed and transported by flatbed to the Kelman yard in Cohoes. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

A third of a former turbo line sits ready for shipping to the N. H....

Debuting in the 1970s, these French-designed turbotrains raced along at speeds of 110 mph, with oversized windows that provided views of the Hudson River. But because of their fuel-guzzling turbine engines and a botched 1990s rebuilding effort, the trains were scrapped. NHKelman Scrap Recycling of Cohoes on Friday cut up engine cars it purchased at auction at Scotia Industrial Park, where they'd been stored. The 200 tons of scrap will be recycled, says Brian Pollack, buyer for Kelman. Other buyers are recycling the coaches. The auction brought the state $420,000.